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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1896)
R Til32 OMAHA DAILY BElSt SUNDAY , FEBRUARY 23 , 1890. JEID UP FOR 1NSURANCI Dmaha Easiness Men Speak Abont th Excecsivo Hates , TIME FOR THEM TO BE PULLED DOW Ko ltm on WlijClinrKoi Slionlil II IllKlirr Tlinn KlniMtlirrr , Haiiri'l Itlly SI lie IttiprnifMtirnt lit Drpnrliiicnt. Yesterday The Hco published an artlcl showing that Insurance rates are much hlghc In Omaha than In other cities similarly slti rtfd and having about the- same facllltle for fighting fires. The publication of till crtlclo set Omaha business men to thlnkln and they are not slow In cxpressln their opinions upon the subject of Insuranc matters. Frank Murphy , President of the Merchants National Hank 1 think the rates In fore In this city arc outrageously high and some thing should be done to get them down lo reasonable figure. Wo pay 84 cents per $10 on this building , when there Is no good reaso why we should pay more than the rate w paid a few years ago , CO cents per $101 t can see no reason why the rate shouli bo higher here than It Is in the east. I New York and other eastern cities the rat Is not to exceed one-fourth of 1 per cen The business men of this city should con bine ami forte the rates ilown. If the bus ness mn would stand together we conic compel the Insurance men to reduce rates With the Improvements which have bee made In our fire department within the pas two years we would have an excellent groum for tnilstlng on a reduction and I have n doubt wo would secure It. Herman Kountre , president of the Firs National bank Insurance rates are entire ! lee high. Seven or eight years ago wo pali a rate of CO cents on our bank building , bu when the rate was raised , the agents wantec to put In an SO per cent clause , to which objected , and In order to get Insurance wit that clause emitted they made the rate 8 cents. The rates ought to be reduced , bu I don't see Just how that \a \ to be nc compllshed. There might bo a concerted move to place Insurance with companies out ildo the pool , but whether the business men of Omaha would stand together on that o any other proposition Is a question. I would be an easy matter to force a reduc tlon If business men would stand together but my experience with them has been tha they won't stand together on anything. MAKING UP ON LOSSES. Proprietor Kitchen of the Paxton Hotel We are compelled to pay a rate of $2.20 pe $100 for Insurance. This Is the same rat wo paid two years ago when Omaha's faclll tics for fighting fires were altogether Inade ciuatc. Our fire department has been Im proved immensely since then. On three o four occasions recently I've seen our firemen put out fires that looked pretty formidable before much damage had been done. It ha struck mo on these occasion that Omaha had an excel lent fire department. The water prcssur also has always seemed to be sufficient. I certainly stands to reason that If we pal ( $2.20 per $100 two years ago , we should no now , when all the conditions are more favor able to the insurance men , be held up fo the same rate. I had an Insurance mat tell me the other day that he had made con sldcrablc money In the last two years , and don't doubt , It. I believe they maintain tha they lost money previous to two years ago and that now they are simply making wha they then lost. " Dr. S. D. Mercer I have read the artlcl In The Dee regarding the exorbitant Insurance anco rates charged in Omaha , and consld ered It very Just. There Is no doubt abou It the Insurance rates arc outrageously high They are driving business from this cltj I know business men who would carry a larger stock of goods , but they don't dar Increase their stock because of the exor bltont insurance rates charged. This is on of the principal obstacles that is keeping Omaha back today. The SO pr cent claus-e which the local Insurance men Insist on , I a most vicious article. I'm In favor of any thing that will bring the rates down to a reasonable figure , but cannot say that I hav any remeJy to suggest at present. Thomas Swobc , proprietor of the Morce hotel The rate that wo are taxed Is unjust This hotel Is well built and stands perfect ! free from adjoining property , and there Is n excuse for such a rate as $1.90 per $100. Th Insurance rates in Omaha have not been reduced ducod for several years , and the ( ire and water service has certainly been Improved The exorbitant Insurance rates are an In Justice and are Interfering seriously with th prosperity and progress of Omaha. PROMISES NOT KEPT. Charles Kaibach The article on the sub Ject of Insurance rates , printed In The Bee Is highly commended. The rate on thl building , the Karbach block at Fifteenth am Douglas streets , has nat been reduced slnex the burning of the Farnam Street theater We have been promised a reduction If the city would secure more fire engines and pro vide larger water mains. We have three new fire engines and an excellent water Hupply , and yet the rates are kept up. Clile : Iledell has shown that he Is a great fire fighter , and I think Omaha has ono of the bcbt fire departments In the country today. This building stands perfectly clear , with an alley on each of two sides , and broad streets on the other two .sides. Aj flro wall runs from the basement to the roof and divides the entire building.The Insurance com panies have promised us a reduction1 In the rate for the last three years , but It Is no nearer In sight now than It was In 1893. The companies have had Inspectors from the east , who have' carefully examined the build ing and Its surroundings , and pronounced II a good risk for any Insurance company. Uul this docs not seem to cut any figure. The Insurance people are looking out for their own ticlflsh Interests and we , with the resl of property owners hero , have to suffer In consequence. There la an Insurance agent hero who has hit * ofilce In this building. At fl > o beginning of the year ho ramo to us and begged fcr a reduction In his rent. Wo told him that wo should like a reduction In our Insurance rate ? , whlclMVo c4njdorcd ex orbitant. . Ho replied If w-u would reduce his rent he thought matters could be arranged. Ho sad | the"entire town was to ho reratrd at an early "date , ' and that If our building came within thp district for which a lower ratu waa ordered , wo would 'secure a , reduction. He-get hlc rent , reduced , We' haven't heard another won } about a Jower Insurance rate , and I don't presume we ever wllli The wholu thing In a nutshell Is that the Insurance people here are looking for the long end of the bargain all the time , and are discrimi nating against Omaha , MIINPC I'poiilt * Out of Court. ' ' The case of the Eden Museo company igQjnit the Commercial National bank , which has occuplcil the time of the district court for several' flays , -was decided In favor of the bank. Tlje , Judge' practically throw the fnuu'o ' company out of court , refusing lo allow the case to go to the Jury , > JiiHt u l.llllu Th& St. Paul Limited will leavn Omalm , \V'i'b ter slrect depot , 5:65 : p. in , dally , com- ijienclng Sunday , February 30. Pullman Palace Sleeper to 8t , Paul ; .dining car supper between California Junction and Blcux City. I Everything strictly first class via the "S oux City Route , " NorthwcMern Line. "Ticket olDce 1401 Farnam street ; .depot and Webster streets. I Itamllllon Warren , M. D. , eclectic and mag. netlo phyt > lclm ; special attention to diseases of women and children and all obscure and long btanOIng diseases. 119 N , ICtli street , rvom 2. ' Joseph Doll , wltn the Goodman Drug Co. ( or the past 15 yeara , has established a pre scription pharmacy ai ffOO Nojrth ICtb st. AVe Will Giro Yon n Check for your baggage at the time you buy your ticket and arrange to have our wagon call ami take your trunk to the train. Ko trouble at tha depot. All you have to do Is to get aboard. Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul Uy. City ticket ofllc , 1004 Farnam St , inot Fiiruiuu Street , The Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- y. ticket pfflciw ' ' ' IIAYDKN DUOS. A Prtv tnlrrritlnir Prlrp Illnti Grrnt Vitlnro. PONGEE SILKS MONDAY MORNINO 100 YARD. Wo will sell Monday from 8:30 : to 10:30 : n. m. 2,000 yardn of genuine , natural , nil silk pongees at lOo.n yd. Only one clrws pattern to a ciii'tonicr and none to dealers. I'ongeo silks , 8:30 : to 10:30 : a. m. , lOc yil. $2.00 black brocaded Mlkfl , 9Sc yd. All day Monday we will have on sale forty pieces of large figured fatln and gros grain silk- ' , the latest styles , actually worth $2.00 per yard. One pattern to a customer at OSc per yard , Ulack brocaded satins and gros grains , worth $2.00 , all day Monday OSc. Wo have the largest line of plaids In Omaha ; prices loc to $1.75 yard. 4S-lnch extra fine quality French serge , DOc. DOc.COlnch slortn serge , $1.00 quality. 500. 50-Inch ti'orni serge , 76c quality , 4Sc. The goods come In blue and black. See our line of nrveltlco In black dress goods. The largest line In the west. All prices , from lOc to $5.00 a yard. SHEETING SALE. Lawrence L. L. muslin , 3ic ; Lonfdale muslin , 6J4c ; Fruit of Loom , C' c ; 8-4 sheet ing , lie ; 9-4 j-t 15c ; fl-4 bleached sheeting , 17c ; 10-1 bleached sheeting , ISc ; 4-4 cheeeo cloth , 3c.SPECIALS SPECIALS IX FLANNELS. Cotton flannels at 3'Sc , 5c , ic. lOc. Shaker flannel , 5c , Cc , Sc , lOc. Special sale of 200 PCS. of outing flannels at 71&C yd. These are regular lOc goods. Remnants of callca at 3'i.o yd. White flannels at prices that will wall them quickly , lOc , 16c , 20c , 2Dc. 30c and up. Gray blankets at 40c , 75c , $1.00. Good warm gray blankets at $1.25 , $1.60. $1.75. Extra heavy 11-4 blankets at $1.50 per pr. 500 pairs of all wool blankets on sale Monday and during this week at half regular prices. NOTION DEPARTMENT. Special tale on new Windsor ties Mon day , Dig Job ribbons , No ? . 2 to 22 , on sale. Elegant new Dresden ribbons , dress trim mings on sale. Dress buttons. lc doz ; laces , lo per yd. ; King's best machine thread , 2c I'pocl ' ; new silk and leather belts , 25c and SOc ; now bordered veils , 25c ! jet , trimmings , lOc per yd. ; new miniature button's , 40c each ; new lacen , new embroideries. HAYDEN DROS. SAM'L I1URNS , 131S Farnam , has Just re ceived another lot of the celebrated "Lib- bey" uit gbw new nice cheap. Come and see us. O P. Jl. ELECTRIC LJGHTED , STEAM HEATED. SOLID VESTII3ULED. Omaha- Chicago , Limited. via the " .Milwaukee. " F. A. Nash , general agent ; George Ilnynes , city passenger agent. City Ticket Office , 1504 Farnatn. 'x Sail- . Remember the sale of hardware and housc- furnlshlng goods at 410 North Sixteenth street still continues at cost and half cost , or any way to get rid of the. goods. A. M. M'CARGAR , Agent for the Mortgagee. George Taylor , formerly with Norrls , has accepted a position with Cartwrlght & Co. , 10th and Douglas sts. , where ho would be pleased to sec bis old friends. llnc'Ic ( o XIMV York in IroiiM. Sheriff Henry Slgel of Olean , N. Y. ' , started for home yesterday with a prisoner whom ho had come after. The prisoner is Ed Traver , a man about 2G years old , who Is wanted for forging checks. He was captured by the sheriff of Sarpy county on February 11 , and had been In the Douglas county jail awaiting the arrival of Sheriff Slgel. The sheriff didn't propose to take any chances of hie man getting away and put on handcuffs and leg chains , fastening one handcuff and ono chain on his own right arm and leg and the other ends of each on the arm and leg of his prisoner. MlNM .Sin I Hi Ilcforp the AVomnn'M Cluli. The regular meeting 'of the musical de partment of the Woman's club will be held In the club rooms next Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Miss Enid M. Smith will spsak on "Vedl and His Influence on Dramatic Music. " The lecture will bo Illus trated with vocal and Instrumental selections from the works of the veteran composer. Miss Smith has recently completed a four yeats * course of study at the National Con servatory of Music In New York City. She comes to Omaha from Chicago , where she sang before the Woman's club and delivered a course of lectures on dramatic music. f Stiii'U YnrilH Dlrrctnm. A meeting of the directors of the Union Stock Yards company was he0 ! In the ofllcc of W. A. I'axton yesterday afternoon , when the mnln topic of tllsctisslon was the switchIng - Ingrate. . While there Is no doubt , say the director * . Hint the rate will be abolished March 1 , some details of the arrangement between the Stock Yards company and the tallronds remain to be perfected and the "natter hn been left In the hands of Presl- ilpnt I'axton and Manager Uabcock. Co to Crlpitlc CrorU via Denver and the BURLINGTON ROUTE. Take the "Denver Limited" the fasteat train between the Missouri river and the Kocklm. Leaves Omaha 4:35 : P. M. Arrive * Denver 7:30 : A. M. Close 'conectlons In Denver Union Depot with nlUjnornlng trains for Cripple Creek. Tickets anil Information about rates at City Ticket Office 1502 Farnam St. Duck hunters and fishermen are respect fully notified that Manhattan Ileacli , on Lake OkoboJI , In northern Iowa , Is open for visitors and that game will be abundant during March and April. ' Address Hotel Manhattan , Mllford , Iowa. Comfort , Kuoiioiny iiml Sliced. t Combine to make the weekly excursions via the Union Pacific , the .most-popular of any tow running. They are personally conducted and offer every convenience to the traveling > ubllc. Got your tickets at 1302 FARNAM ST. A. C. DUNN. Clty Pa8 % & Tkt. Agent. Union Pacific. "Tho OvcrJand Route. " City ticket offlce , 1302 Farnam street , t'lniso.vAi. r.\n.\H.\i-us , J , . J ) . 'Foy , Nellgh , Neb. , Is stoplng at'the Darker. D.'A , Reldy and wife of Kansas City are n the city , A. II. Crary , Ney York , Is registered at bo'Barker. George II. Russell , St. Joseph , Mo. , la a' iarker guest. H. D. Jamea and ' Mrs. James of Denver re hotel guests. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heller of Nebraska City art" among the hotel Arrivals. B. L , Lomax of tha Union Pacific left for Chicago and eastern points yesterday. Bed Mack , advance representative fcr SI PJunkard company. Is stopping at the Barker. T. G. San born arrived In the city yesterday rom San Francisco and will be the guest Uillo hero of A , W. Klnwnan. Harry Sweatman , one of the old time ad- 'anco agents , now ahead of Morrison's Paust company , Is a Barker guest. Arthur Roue , formerly of thla city , now f Chicago , was visiting here for several ays aud left for homo last evening. Mrs. M , J. Dowllng returned from a Pacific east tour yesterday , embracing Sap Fran- leco. Portland , Seattle ana points In British Columbia , Th trip consumed a month. Nebraskans at the noteli are ; W. D. Cam- ron. Schuylor ; F. A. Cameron , Tekamah : 3. V. Klnsr , Lincoln , T. A , Durrle , Lyons ; I. 0. Keith. North Platte ; P. H. Bender. lumpUrey ; John U Ps'.terspn , Nebraska city. v.MjflM1 ; > , & . At the Murray F , D. Croely. Toledo. O. ; ' , L. llonvell , Chicago ; George L. Pain , Bos on ; J. I ) . Hamilton. . Chicago ; B. II. An. rews , Kansas CUy ; W. D. Bvans , Qhlcagoj V. II , Alexander , Wahoo , Nub. ; V , II. f&MW Chicago ; W , F , Gouty , Toledo ; Charles tantz , Chicago : H. I ) . Pettlbono , Mlnnoa- oils ; D , Mai It * , New York ; J. W. Fox , Chi- ago ; II. n. Hackwan , Kannai City ; W. F , 'ardee , Syracuse ; A. H. Ucsftldb. , . New ( iiU RESCUE WORK IN LONDON Mrs. Chant Tells cf What Has Been Accomplished , ' CHURCH OF TODAY NEEDS ACTIVE WORKERS I.ntior * Should lie Drtafcil ( n KIIRI- | lonnlilc ( Imirterfl , UN AVH1 nt to ( lie Slum * < if Tjrcnt Cltli-s. Mrs. Ormlslon Chant , the English reformer - former , whose work ling attracted no llttlo attention In this country , spoke before n good-sized audience last evening at Unity church on "Rescue Work In London. " lie- fore the lecture Sirs. B. II , Whitney sane a beautiful solo , "Emmanuel , " In q most pleasing manner. In her Introductory remarks , Mrs. Chant suld that It might be asked what relation tlicro could possibly bo between roscu'e work In London and affairs In Omnha. In answer , the- lecturer said that she had observed a most cordial Interest throughout this country , no less In Omaha than elsewhere , In the work of England , and especially In what ever concerned truth and rlghteotisnew. "I believe there Is more Interest taken In the work among the chillis In Landcn In this country than there Is In many parts of Eng land Itself , " added the speaker. Mrs. Chant declared that as prevention was better than cure , so the responsibility of Christian people became greater. She as serted that vlco was by no means confined to the slums , and that there was dire need of rescue work In the more fashionable quar ters of London. She thought that too many churches were sleeping along the road to heaven , while the worshippers slept In com fortable pews. The church of today , she urged , needed to take a more nctlvo work In rescue of the fallen. The church s.tood for refuge for all men and women , as ) a protest against vice , and as a turning point In the lives of men and women away from the dark shadows of their own lives to the truer and nobler life , as found In the example of Christ. A SOCIETY OF ONE MEMBER. Mrs. Chant said she represented a society which had for twenty-seven years consisted of one member * That ono member had been president , secretary , treasurer and com mittee and general membership. She had never had any experience In rescue work , never read a book or hearJ a sermon on the subject. But one night she was going home , In London , when she saw a pollcsman shak ing a girl roughly. She had been president of the London Peace society , but her peace had alwayo been of a very aggressive kind. When shn saw any ono oppressed her peace was apt to rise In arms. She and the police man had a scuffle , and In the end eho had the girl and the policeman was gxine. She had the girl , but she didn't know 'what to do with her , for she herself was In lodgings , not In her own home. Together they walked down the street , marching for a lodging for the night ; and the only one they could find to take the girl In was a blind woman. Society had used 'more common sense to ward the man sinner than the woman. Society had given him a chance to right himself. That was the best way to help redeem any person. But society hadt alway.i banded Itself to keep down the woman who had once fallen down. She felt like a hypocrite to make tnch an address , because she stood before the audience as If the only sinners were among women. Sometime when society came to a realizing sense that sin on the ade of sex was just a.s debasing and degrading to men as to women ; Just as lowering to the character , Just as great a diag on growth and progress , then society would ceas to'be obllgcJ to fight the terrible dual standard , of morals. But for nineteen years , snco ! tier married life , her door had' ' always stood open for the outcast. There was a "prophet's chamber" In that bousa which was seldom without Its occupant. "I ofter wonder why men do not sec. " said she , " what they can do for their wives They can make them so noble , or they can keep them In such a little , narrow rut. I'm not much In favor of men setting out to do reysuo work among women. They haj bet ter address themselves to'the 'rc.- > cue""of their o'wn sex , who , ia truth , heed It greatly. ' Mrs. Chant then "pave a descrlpt'on of the London "Remember' " "tli'at slums. , said she , the people who go there to live don't make the slums. The people who own them and who'tairs the rents for them are the people who make the slums. If you want to keep Omnha free from slums , you. must keep out the people who make them ; and they nr ? the people who care for nothing but money , no matter when It comes from. " Mrs. Chant then told of the "long fight ovar the raisins of jho age of consjnt. "It has been the deepest disgrace to Eng land that , until 1S72 , the ago of consent was no h'sr-or than 13. If Stead did nothing else , he roused the whole of England with his passionate pen , so that the criminal law amendment was passed/ WORK OP PREVENTION. . - "It Is not rescue work that counts ; Jl } s prevention work. And while I am doing res cue work , and the women of Omaha arc doIng - Ing their work wo have a right to demand that the law .shall not be manufactures fresh victims for our efforts. Shame on the one who says that women who are' dolnj ; rescue work have nothing lo do with poli tics. When I am engaged In such work Is the time when I .should bo In the closest and most Intimate connection with the political life of my country. " After the passage of the newlaw , In regard to the ago of consent England'formed a na tional vigilance committee to , ee that the law was executed. The first caseMrs. Chant took In charge , and going to one of the glide. ! and high-toned dens of vice of London , with the copy of the ne\v , law In her.'hand , she rescued a child of 15-who had been Invelgldd Into the place. The law made retention such a house a crime punishable with two years at hard labor. "London Is much Improved , " said Mrs , Chant. "It Is bad enough , but there has been an honest , casrnest effort to minim ize the temptations which draw the girls to the streets. " She spoke of the sweat shops , wheroglrjs work from 8 In the morning till 8 at nluht , without fire In winter , for-$2.1 ! ! ; a week. The girls had walked miles , perhaps , to readh the place of work , probably In pouring rahi " mid snnw. and then had to hit all day In" the cold. These poor girls sewed all day , and they looked at the other girls each makIng - Ing perhaps 9 a week In that other life. W there any wonder that their strength failed ? "I will-not say that girls arc driven to sin by lOW Wages , Bum Ul Oivuni. < , uci.au > It would be A libel and an Insult to the thousands of girls who meet their poverty like herontes the mute , suffering martyrs of civilization. But If a girl has'any weak ness In her nature , God must be pitiful In deed to keep her from falling. Sometimes they slip because of the temptations met in their places of amusement , An ' ! , , ItIs ft most abominable shame that young men and women must be dragged to their death at the places where they go to seek amusement. For amusement Is such a necessity to the' young. They must have It , and they wll ) hftVe " ' SINS OF THE FLESH. "This sin Is no worse than any other , " the speaker continued. "It Is no more sinful to sin In the flesh than to sin In the Intellect , and be mean toil dishonest , and cheat and rob , and Injure your fellow men , your community and your country. This eln Is no worse In the Individual , but It Is worse In Its effects on the race , for It poisons the very font of Ufa Itfolf , and harms generations living and to come. The Individual Is < ) io more sinful , but the danger of society Is greater , and society must In self-pretervatlon combat this evil. You have hero a larger , freer , purer social atmosphere than we have In. London. 1 know It , I acknowledge It. Do not , for heaven's salte , allow the conditions to'arise which will make such things possible as I have told you. " Mrs. Clianl will preach at Crelghton theater - ater this morning at 10:30 : o'clock , the sub ject of her eermon being "A New Heaven 't 4"o'clock tul aflernoo'if she win ad- dreii the members of the Women's Chris tian Temperance union at the First Presby terian church. 8h will again speak before the Unity club at S o'clock this evening. The pulillo In In to attend u tlyj cervices * . , Clrcntrftt Ilnltor Sh | < . Hvcr Hold In Oinhn. At Hajrdens' you can buy freMi country roll butter nt 8e and Ifie ; very beft roll but ter , 12Hc nnil ISc. Wo'linvo It In tubs nlw at Sc , lOc , 12' c and ISa Creamery , 15c , 17c , 19e. Strictly frcrh eggs , IPe. Wonderful mlt meat , tmcl lard sold also , Nice largo sweet orann * " , 7c dozen. HOUSH KWlNrSHING GOODS. A few more sterling bargains Just In : car of screen and poultry wire. Screen TV Ire lc per square foot. Poultry wire 34c per 100 square feet. Screen doors' , 48c men. Copper bottom wafli boilers , 39c each. One quart coffee pots , Be each. Covered quart palls , 5c each. Toothpicks , 2e per box. Warn tubs , 25c each. Gallon milk crocks , 3c each. Wash boards , 7c ; brooms , S'/ic , each. Host whin granite cups and saucers , 2c. Pine fluted tumblers , 2c eacht Crystal fruit taticers , lc each. Ucst ypcrm machine oil , ZVfcc each. HAYUEN IIIIOS. , Wide Awake Uuttcr Dcalcro. SOUTH OMAHA NEWS ccoodcocceeeccooccoceeei Utislness men were pleased yesterday to learn through the columns of The Bee that $25,000 of the $100,000 > approprlated by con gress for a public building hero was available at once. From private advices from Wash ington It Is learned that a treasury official ! r. expected to leave In a week or so for this city for the purpose of selecting n site for the postofllce. Heal estate dealers say that the moment the government selects a site biislneM will pick up. lllKli .School Context. The third oratorical 'contest of the South Omaha High school will bo held next Fri day ov'enlng at the First Methodist church. The program Is : Quartet. Auffordenmfr Zum Tnnzp..Weber 1'liino , Mr. LimNbenr , Miss Condron. Violin lin , Dr. Baetrns Cello. Miss Elche. May Darling Original oration , "The Woman of the Age" . Dramatic , The Po'.Mi Hoy..Ann S. Stevens Charles Wells. Dramatic , The Chariot Rucc ( from Ben Hur ) Lew Wallace . Vocal role , nccause % of Thee . Hawlcy Miss Jcannettc II. Mullen. Dramatic , Spartacus to the Glmlltvtors. . . : . H. Kellogg KuwarcV Smith. Humorous Mrs. MeWllIIams nml the Ughtnlnt ; . . . Mark Twain Grace Newcomb. Selected oration , The Circumlocution Of fice . Charles Dickens ( Containing- whole science of government ) Rowland Smith. Cello solo . Selected Miss Liddio Elche. Dramatic , Knto Shollev . Eugene J. Hall Myrtle Roberts. Humorous , Pyramus and Thlsbc . . John G. Saxe Robert Smith. Humorous , The Quarrel . Mark Twain Mable Gray. Decision of Judges. Vocal solo ( a ) Oocil Night . Ncvln ( b ) Burst Ye Apnip Hurt" . Emery Miss Nellie Paris. Violin solo , Gavotto' Rlcpnnte . Baetens Dr. Badten = . Judges. Hon Charles A. Gois , Mr. W. Barnes I owcr , Miss D. ft. Johnpon. Referee. Hon. W. W. fSlabaugh. Not entering' contest. of ( he PnlliiH IciiKnc. Friday evening the Pallaa league , a new literary society , met at Plvonka hall and discussed the question "Resolved , That the United States Should Recognize the Cubans as Uelllgerents. " E. J. Scykorn and J. F. Fitzgerald spolco In the affirmative and J. J. Breen and Germain Towl In the negative. Following this J. A. Heck read an e.ssay on Benjamin Franklin , Miss Neenin played a piano polo. James Duncannon "made an 1m- prdmptu .speech' and Frank Whlttake ; gave Jl .select . reading. Tlio-'club will meet every Friday evening during the winter. Tallin of : ui Injunction. The Martin Lumber company has given It out that It will enjoin the city council from turning the warrants for viaduct repairs over to Forsythe , the contractor who did the work. City Attorney Lambert does not see how an injunction could stick In this case , as the city had no dealings w'.th the lumber company except as bondsmen for Forsythe. _ IIoHpHnl It LIK - lit Hiitc Tuesday evening an entertainment will be given at Young Men's Institute hall for the benefit of the South Omaha hospital. The committee in charge of the affair has pre pared an excellent program. MiiKlc City C : < INHI. Peter Rockford of Ashland Is In the city. Miso Rosa Whlttaker of Albright Is sick. John Flynn has returned from an eastern trip. trip.E E , II. Dewey has gone to Pueblo , Colo. , on burlnesa. Joseph M. Murphy la spending Sunday with friends at Neola. Tom Murphy has gone to Denver for a two weeks' vacation. L. A. Champlln , a stockman of Phllllps- burg , Kan. , Is In the city. This afternoon there will bo a meeting of laboring men at Strangland hall. American Federation of Labor , lodge No. GG35 , will meet this afternoon at Koutsky'a hall. hall.S. S. W. Beggs , ex-county clerk of Holyoke , Colo. , Is the guest of Thomas and Mrs. Hoctor. R. White of Idaho Falls , Idalio , was at the stock yards yesterday 'looking after two car loads of horses. The dcmccratlo club , recently formed , will meet Tuesday evening at Tom Geary's store to hear speeches. The Woman's Relief corps will meet Thurs day evening with the Mlssua Hornii , Twenty- fifth and 1 streets. . < Nate Cottrell was taken to the Methollet hospital In Omaha yesterday , where ho will undergo an operation. Thli afternoon the German Political club will mest at ganger hall. Jacob Hauck of Omaha will deliver the principal address. Tuesday evening the republican city cen tral committee will meet at H. C. Murphy'u clllco In the Singer block for the purpose of naming the Judges and clerks for the primaries. t J. B. Smiley , a member of the Union Ren dering company , has sjust bean granted a patent for a live stotk-icar door , w'nlch In cludes a running bofird , to ba uml ( n both loading and unloading a. car. Several of tlie rauroaiiB running ; m nere win test ( lie Invention at once. The committee appointed by the republican city ctntral committee ito feel the pulsa of the voters regardingjj the establishing of a campaign , paper met last night and reportd progress. Jt is morottlian probable that one of the several bids read at the last meeting will be accepted , A. I. . DKAM1 A CO. HKCKIVi : . An Afternoon of Slulil iroltijv nt Tliclr Kornuil Spring Oponltiir. Yesterday afternoon A. L. Deane & Co. entertained their friends and many who wcro not , but will be from this on. The occasion wap the grand opening of their bicycle department and In pplto of the nasty weather called forth quite a crowd of cycllMs that are and to be. H was not n special tulo , but ono of the neatest and most entertaining "at homes" seen In these parts for some time. The Inspiration for thlt affair I ? credited to Mr. Dowrlght , the manager , and though he blushed llko a pchool girl when accused of It , ho did not deny It. Every lady caller received a handsome card and a box of delicious candy , whllo the gentlemen were appeased with fine Im ported cigars , an souvclnrs of the event. The ware rooms at 1116 Farnam were hnndpomcly decorated and their three popular wheels , the "National , " "Union" and "Czar , " \\cre given prominent positions and received many words of praise. l.lfe liiNitritnor liivrxtmrtttN. OMAHA , Feb. 21. To the Editor of The Bee : At the last meeting , of the Manufac turers' and Consumers' iifcoelatlon , n state- n.pnt was inuite by n upicsentntlve of a Nebraska life Insurance company , which , a'thotiRh tittered with \mfrlcndlv Inten tion , would be liable to leii r-3 n false Im- prefslon in the minds of the insuring jmb- ! lc. lc.It was said that the premiums received by the life Insurance companies were loaned cut In the cast , thus giving eastern Htntcx the "advantage of cheap money. " If there Is nny ono thing Hint has helped to make 1 w rat < > s for money In this western conn- try , It Is the coming of eastern companies nuu thu Htale to loan money on bond and mortgage. The amount or money Invested In Nebraska by eastern companies In real estate loans , both farm nnct city. Is Inlln- Itely more than they imvo over tnkcn out , not mentloilng city and county lor.di , wh'ch hove been taken freely by these companies , thus rendering ready money uvnl'iible for city and county Improverm'iits. What has built the Crelghton theater , the Young Men's Christian association building , arm scores of our best ofilce blocks Tn the city , but pollcy ho'.ders' money returned to this state for Investments at cheap rules ? Is nbt the New York l-tre building an Omaha Investment ? Arc we not looking and praying for eastern parties to come to Omaha and Invest their money ? Four custom companies nlonp paid death claims in this state last year , amounting to $170.000 , and the other companies swelled the list to $100,000 more. This money goes directly into circulation throughout the state , and Is always a quick HFKCI at n time when It Is most needed. Look , too , at the army of agents and employes , ns well ns physician- ! , obtain employment un der these comnanles , and who live and In vest their surplus earnings In Nebraska. U were idle , however , to say rnj-c en the subject , on which an intelligent public may draw its own conclusions. C. ft. ijOULD. I.nlior I'nrty Monday night there will be n labor meet ing nt National hall on South Thirteenth street , The meeting will be addressed by General Kelly and others. The Labor Con gress Glee club and orchestra will furnish the m' Nfter the oratory , the First Ward Labor ctul ) will be organized. Wednesday evening , twenty Omaha speak ers will FO to Council Bluffs to assist In organizing labor clubs In that city. During the past two days twenty-five let ters have been received nt Labor Temple asking for Information concerning the new labor party. Twin City Illcyrlc I'ntli. There will be a mass meeting of the Omaha and Council Bluffs wheelmen at the Grand hotel , Council Bluffs , next Tuesday night for the discussion of the Twin City bicycle path. The Retail Merchants' associa tion of Council Bluffs has taken hold of the matter and it now commences to look as though something would come of it. The folks in the Bluffs are anxious to get the Omaha wheelmen Interested and hope to PCS the matter brought to a successful Issue , and as quickly as possible _ "Tho Ovcrlnml Limited. " Is the fastest train out of Omaha , and carries the fastest equipment of any line In the west. Tickets via the Union .Pacific can bo se cured at 1302 FARNAM STREET. nni'iit , loin Donclnn , Innovation In Shorn from S n. in. to 2 p. m. Gilt-edge drerolnp , 10 rents. CS pair of Infants' eott-polo phocs , wortb "Ccts , these hours 25cts. Wo place on our bargain ocunter a lot of children's $1.25 shoes for 74c , Wo have marked thrro llnci of our $3. ! > 0 and $4.00 shoes during the TO hours at t'.MO. A largo line ot ladles' high grade slip- pern at this time only 50c. Wo have taken full lines , all sizes of $3.00 shoes , new spring goods , from 8 till 2 p. in. , $2.9S. $2.9S.Wo take three lines of I.nlrd Shobert's ladles' elioea. button and lace , latest toes ( came In Saturday ) , our $6.00 shoes , during then } hours $5.00. All our gents' spring tan j-hccs are In and arc now being shown In our window. ' Select early. W1LCOX & DKAPKH. The Train Mint Dors make the time It Is advertised to make the BURLINGTON'S "Vcstlbulcd Flyer. " Leaves Omaha fi.OO P. M. EXACTLY. Arrives Chlcago-S:20 : A. M. EXACTLY. - Sleepers chair cars diner. Tickets , sleeping car reservations and In formation about rates at City Ticket OillcD 1E02 Farnam St. Klnw for < 1' ' < * Coltinililnti School. The teachers and pupils of the Columbian school were ptcsentcd with a handsome flag yesterday afternoon by the local organization of the Junior Order of American Mechanlcn. The extrclscs were held at the school build ing at Twenty-eighth and Jackson streets and wcro attended by a lurgo number of pupils and patrons of the school. The pre sentation was preceded by a short program , which Included the singing of "America" and other patriotic songs by the school , a Hag drill and recitations by pupils. The nag was presented by Rev. S. Wright Butler , who spoltn of the principles of which the nag was emblematic , and urged the children to think of all It represented when they saw It waving from the school house. Secre tary Glllan of the Hoard of Education also delivered a brief address , after which the program ended with singing , "Guard the Flag. " _ \VA1IASII HAII.UOAD'S Ili-Kiinioil. On March 10th wo will fell round trip tickets to nearly all points south at ono fare , with $2 added. Remember , wo have the quickest and best route to all points south. For further Information or tickets or a copy of the homeseckcrs' guide call or write the Wabash offlco , lilo Farnam street , Paxton Hotel block , Omaha. 1.iU'l l'n m mil Street. The Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail way ticket ofllce. ofllce.Ait Ait Hour Apnrl. The flying Northwestern Line trains to Chicago. "No. 2 , " "The Overland , " Omaha 4:45 : p. m. , Chicago 7:45 : a. m. " SPECIAL" The "OMAHA-CHICAGO Omaha 5:45 : p. m. , Chlacgo S:45 : a. m. Modern art had to stop a while after these trains were built. City ofllce , 1401 Farnain Street. If You IIoii'T SloipV11 take a book and read in the electric lighted berths of the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. City ticket offlce , 1G04 Farnam St. For Sale Quantity old bricks , lumber , doors , windows , etc. Apply at Associated Charities , 807 Howard street. 'Phono , 1C4G. Mtint He Sold. Don't fall to attend the auction sale of the creditors of the Van Cott Jewelry com pany at Fourteenth and Farnam streets , now being sold every afternoon and evening. The stock must be closed out. Private sale every forenoon. 1302 Farnam st. Is the Union Pacific city ticket offlce. 1. > O4 Knrmnu Street. The Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail way ticket office. THIS COTTAGE is modern in architecture and modern in arrangement ; finished tn quarter sawed white oak , hard wood floor , fine pol ished oak mnntol and win dow scats , porcelain bath , marble wash htand , electric gas lightingand stationery laundry tubs. Placed on Georgia or Virginia Avenue , among the fine trees near Pacific street , it makes a homo fit for a queen worth every cent of $7,000 , yet it can be had for about one-half that . _ . . _ . sum. It is very simple , owing to these depressed times. Wo sell you the lot at about 40 per cent of the normal valtio. You can build the house at CO per cent of the normal value. By investing now you save 100 per cent on the real value , and will have doubled your money on the investment in a few months when limes have again become normal , and will have a homo besides fit for a queen. FIDELITY TRUST CO. , 1702 FAKNAM. The Question of which bicycle to buy is agitating the minds of a majority of our people. It's easy to decide ; Ride a Pierce one of the handsomest , lightest and easiest running machines on the market. $75 buys one time payments if you want them. See it and compare with any $100.00 wheel. The Catalogue tells it all it's free , ask for it. The \ \T-V4.i $ ! 3I ° 99-Ceut Q\OJ\Odjko ) Fartiam Store. . BBBBBirr Street. . J. SPECIAL LOW PRICES ON Infante' Wear We have just received a very large and handsome stock of these goods and will make special lo v prices for a few days , t Cambric Slips , with embroidery on neck and sleeves , from 25c up. Pretty Dresses from..45c up Flannel Skirts from..29c up Cashmere Cloaks " $1.35 up Flannel Shawls from. . $1 up CfQchetand Flannel ' " Bootees from . 8c up * Sacques 7rohi7 . 25c up Bibs from . 5c up New Ribbons Just In Persian , Dresden , Plaids and Taffetas. / a4-c ! We have too large a stock of these goods and will sell : ealO" " $ J,73 Silk Vests for $1.15. Non-shrinking Wool Vests worth 750 for 45c. All Wool Vests 19c up , Infants' Toilet Power lOc package. Babeskin Soap 15c,2 for25c. Baby Hampers reduced from $6,85 to $3.85 , S fi&Ns 15cup SHOES IE Begins Monday * February 24 , at 10a.m. , at 1415 Douglas St. Till * IN Xo It u inli n . r.O ClrrUa Kn to Illlllillc ( InItlltlll. . Having purchased from the NKHUASKA' HOUSE their entire stock of Men's. Women's and Children's Shoes and Rubbers for' ' $10C35. These goods nro slightly damaged by water and smoke and must be closed out by March 1st at 33c on the dollar. The , store will bo closed today to arrange for the r-nlo and Inark down goods. The show , cases and fixtures alro go at a cacrlllct > . Hero we arc to give away the Roods' , n > follows : 250 pairs Men's Shoes , congress and laro , worth J2.00 find $3.00 , mostly winter flock , closed out at 2Sc. fiOO pairs Iloya' and Mimes' heel or spring , slzea ! ) , 10 , 11 , worth $1.00 , only .Tie. 600 pairs Ladles' House Slippers and Ox ford Ties , worth $1.00 and $1.25 , cheap , 33c. SOO pairs Men's painted and pquaro too , tip and plain , worth $3.00 and $1.00 , closing $1.68. ' 150 pairs boy-s' and mlssoa' ralfskln , patent tip. button or bain , worth $2.00. at OSc. 200 pairs men's pointed and plnln congress and bal Shoes , worth $2.00 , now 75c. 175 pairs boys' congress and bals , sl/es 3 to 6 , COc. 200 pairs Infants' Shoes , patent tip , small sizes , So. 300 pairs ladles' Shoes , bals , button and congress , all sizes , worth $2.00 , for OSc. 200 pairs ladles' heavy congress , bals and buttons , cheap , 7Sc. 300 palnj ladles' Shocy , worth $2 , $3 , $4. bals , button and congress , ! ) "c. 150 pairs boys' heiivy bal Shoes , sizes 11 to 2 , worth $1.50 , closing out , 65c. 2CO pairs men's $3 , $4 , $5 Shoes , Yale toe , razor toe , new toe , vlcl kid and cord. , $1,85. 150 pairs men's tan bal Shoes , slzca 5 to. 11 , worth $3.00 , E5c. 200 pairs ladles' Storm Rubbers , worth 50c and COc , for this sale 19c. 200 pairs boys' and misses' Rubbers , worth 35c , only I6c. 200 pairs men's extra wide congress Shoes , worth $3.00 , only 9Sc. 150 pairs ladles' hand turned Oxford Ties , worth J1.50 , now 65c. 100 pairs men's calfskin bals and congress , tip and plain , regular $2 and $3 , cnly $1.39. 500 pairs ladles' $2 , $3 , $4 extension soles , all sizes , bals , button ; your chnlco $1.48. 100 pairs ladies' felt and cloth Sllppera at Sc. Don't miss the chance of a lifetime to buy- Shoes at ynur own price. It will pay yoi to come a hundred miles to attend the great sale. Mall orders will receive our prompt attention. Jas. Goldgraber , At ( Mil Stiiiul of NEBRASKA SHOE HOUSE , 1415 Douglas Street. Wash Your Windows. We mean some of those ilniBsNts who have been calling on the wholesalers trying - ing to induce them not to sell us ioods. For their benefit we will ttnto we can cat nil the poods we want. If they will de vote their spare time to washing' their windows dews and cleaning out their buck rooms. . they will utilize their time more profitably. Our stoie Is the neatest iiml clwinpst f the city , and we Invite the public to In spect our back loom , which they woulJl positively refuse you. Castorla . 22ct 1'alne's Celery Compound . 72u Scott's Emulsion . 70o Cutlcnru Hesolvent . 7Do Hosteller's Hitters . 700 Duffy's Malt Whiskey . KCo Chamberlain's Cousli Syrup. . . .ISc anil 35O Syrup of Figs . 35o and 70a Sulphur Bitters . 7ia- ! Vlno-Kolafra . 85i > Allcork's Piasters . 10 All others In proportion. , SGHAEFER'S Cut Price Drug ; Store loth mill ClilvtiKO StrcotN. Beautiful Teeth. Made the same day HIP lrniros | lon la Inltcn * A. comenlcnce for nut-of.tonn people. A Rood Set of Teeth on rubber IB.flO- Hest Set Teeth , , . . . . , , $7f.0 > Thin Elastic I'lutcn , } 10.0 DR. BAILEY , Dentist , 10th and Fariiam Sts. 3rd Floor Paxtoii Block Tel. 10S5. Lady attendant. , 'Ml iolrt Ciounp , 22 1(1. , lit Urldeo Teetli , per tooth Tfcth extracted without puln , and kept anff Blxcn when desired. Work fully nnrrunted. > OUR METHOD Of fitting Siicctficlcs and Kyc Glas.iea In widely Ulirtrent from that until \ > y jny other optlclun In Oiniilm. ABU oino of your frlcndu wlio liuvo been ntti'd by us. Aloe & Petifold Co. , Leading Scientific Optlotani. 140B Furtiom Street Opposite Pftxtoa llotol. BTOCKHOhDUIiS' annual meeting of the mocldioldereol The Dee J'ufollshliiK company IB hereb called to meet ut the ofilce of the compan corner Seventeenth and Kornuni street * , the city of Omaha , en Monday , March IfcM , at 4 o'clock p. m. , for the purpose ql electing a board of directors and trunsacli ln - Kiich other buelneca us may como Uj for consideration , Uy order of the pru dent.
